Job 30:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 30:24 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 30:24 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
- Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
- Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
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